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Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.
Administrative Functions
Direct the day to day functions of the nursing assistants in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the long term care facility.
Ensure that all nursing personnel assigned to you comply with the written policies and procedures established by this facility.
Periodically review the department's policies, procedure manuals, job descriptions, etc. Make recommendations for revisions.
Meet with your assigned nursing staff, as well as support personnel, in planning the shifts' services, programs, and activities.
Ensure that the Nursing Service Procedures Manual is current and reflects the day to day nursing procedures performed in this facility.
Make written and oral reports/recommendations concerning the activities of your shift as required.
Cooperate with other resident services when coordinating nursing services to ensure that the resident's total regimen of care is maintained.
Participate in the development, maintenance, and implementation of the facility's quality assurance program for the nursing service department.
Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as may be requested.
Maintain the Daily Census Report and submit to the Business Office as required.
Agree not to disclose assigned user ID code and password for accessing resident/facility information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator.
Charting and Documentation
Complete and file required recordkeeping forms/charts upon the resident's admission, transfer, and/or discharge.
Encourage attending physicians to review treatment plans, record and sign their orders, progress notes, etc., in accordance with established policies.
Receive telephone orders from physicians and record on the Physicians' Order Form.
Transcribe physician's orders to resident charts, cardex, medication cards, treatment/care plans, as required.
Chart nurses' notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided to the resident, as well as the resident's response to the care.
Fill out and complete accident/incident reports.
Record new/changed diet orders and forward information to the Food Services Department.
Sign and date all entries made in the resident's medical record.
Drug Administration Functions
Prepare and administer medications as ordered by the physician.
Verify the identity of the resident before administering the medication/treatment.
Ensure that prescribed medication for one resident is not administered to another.
Ensure that an adequate supply of floor stock medications, supplies, and equipment is on hand to meet the nursing needs of the residents.
Order prescribed medications, supplies, and equipment as necessary, and in accordance with established policies.
Ensure that narcotic records are accurate for your shift.
Notify the Nurse Supervisor of all drug and narcotic discrepancies noted on your shift.
Dispose of drugs and narcotics as required, and in accordance with established procedures.
Personnel Functions
Participate in employee performance evaluations, determining your shift's staffing requirements, and making recommendations to the Nurse Supervisor concerning employee dismissals, transfers, etc.
Develop work assignments and/or assist in completing and performing such assignments.
Provide leadership to nursing personnel assigned to your unit/shift.
Make daily rounds of your unit/shift to ensure that nursing service personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards.
Ensure that all nursing assistants are enrolled in or have graduated from an approved nursing assistant training program.
Ensure that department personnel, residents, and visitors follow the department's established policies and procedures at all times.
Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter departmental personnel, as well as other departments within the facility to ensure that nursing services and activities can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.
Nursing Care Functions
Inform nursing personnel of new admissions, their expected time of arrival, room assignment, etc.
Ensure that rooms are ready for new admissions.
Greet newly admitted residents upon admission.
Escort them to their rooms as necessary.
Participate in the orientation of new residents/family members to the facility.
Consult with the resident's physician in providing the resident's care, treatment, rehabilitation, etc., as necessary.
Implement and maintain established nursing objectives and standards.
Carry out restorative and rehabilitative programs, to include self‑help and care.
Administer professional services such as catheterization, tube feedings, suction, applying and changing dressings/bandages, packs, colostomy, and drainage bags, taking blood, giving massages and range of motion exercises, care for the dead/dying, etc., as required.
Use restraints when necessary and in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Obtain sputum, urine and other specimens for lab tests as ordered.
Take and record TPRs, blood pressures, etc., as necessary.
Monitor seriously ill residents as necessary.
Staff Development
Participate in developing, planning, conducting, and scheduling in‑service training classes that provide instructions on "how to do the job."
Implement and maintain an effective orientation program that orients the new employee to your shift, its policies and procedures, and to his/her job position and duties.
Assist in planning clinical supervision for nurse aide trainees.
Attend and participate in outside training programs.
Attend and participate in annual facility in-service training programs as scheduled (e.g., OSHA, TB, HIPAA, Abuse Prevention, Safety, Infection Control, etc.).
Attend and participate in continuing education programs designed to keep you abreast of changes in your profession, as well as to maintain your license on a current status.
Safety and Sanitation
Monitor your assigned personnel to ensure that they are following established safety regulations in the use of equipment and supplies.
Ensure that established departmental policies and procedures, including dress codes, are followed by your assigned nursing personnel.
Assist the Director and/or Infection Control Coordinator in identifying, evaluating, and classifying routine and job‑related functions to ensure that tasks in which there is potential exposure to blood/body fluids are properly identified and recorded.
Ensure an adequate supply of personal protective equipment is on hand and readily available to personnel who perform procedures that involve exposure to blood or body fluids.
Maintain your unit’s resident care rooms, treatment areas, etc., in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.
Equipment and Supply Functions
Recommend to the Nurse Supervisor the equipment and supply needs of your unit/shift.
Participate in the development and implementation of the procedures for the safe operation of all nursing service equipment.
Ensure that only trained and authorized personnel operate your unit/shift’s equipment.
Monitor nursing procedures to ensure that nursing service supplies are used in an efficient manner to avoid waste.
Ensure that appropriate MSDSs are on file for hazardous chemicals used in the nursing service department.
Care Plan and Assessment Functions
Review care plans daily to ensure that appropriate care is being rendered.
Ensure that your nurses' notes reflect that the care plan is being followed when administering nursing care or treatment.
Assist the Resident Assessment/Care Plan Coordinator in planning, scheduling, and revising the MDS, including the implementation of RAPs and Triggers.
Budget and Planning Functions
Report suspected or known incidence of fraud relative to false billings, cost reports, kickbacks, etc.
Miscellaneous
Provide data to the Quality Assurance & Assessment Committee as requested.
Supervisory Requirements
As LPN / LVN you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties.
Qualifications
Must possess, as a minimum, a Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university, or be a graduate of an approved LPN/LVN program.
Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as an LPN/LVN in this state.
Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
Must possess leadership and supervisory ability.
Must have CPR certification and maintain all required continuing education/licensing.
Must remain in good standing with the State Board of Nursing at all times.
Physical Demands
Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 feet.
May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.
Work Environment
Work in office area(s) as well as throughout the nursing service area (i.e., drug rooms, nurses' stations, resident rooms, etc.).
Subject to frequent interruptions, hostile and emotionally upset residents, family members, personnel, and visitors.
Subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, including TB and the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses.
Maintain liaison with residents, their families, support departments, etc., to adequately plan for residents' needs.
Additional Information Note: Nothing in this job specification restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees in this position.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Human Resources Services
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LVN 6P-6A Every Other Weekend
role at
HoustonTransitionalCare
6 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants
Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.
Administrative Functions
Direct the day to day functions of the nursing assistants in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the long term care facility.
Ensure that all nursing personnel assigned to you comply with the written policies and procedures established by this facility.
Periodically review the department's policies, procedure manuals, job descriptions, etc. Make recommendations for revisions.
Meet with your assigned nursing staff, as well as support personnel, in planning the shifts' services, programs, and activities.
Ensure that the Nursing Service Procedures Manual is current and reflects the day to day nursing procedures performed in this facility.
Make written and oral reports/recommendations concerning the activities of your shift as required.
Cooperate with other resident services when coordinating nursing services to ensure that the resident's total regimen of care is maintained.
Participate in the development, maintenance, and implementation of the facility's quality assurance program for the nursing service department.
Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as may be requested.
Maintain the Daily Census Report and submit to the Business Office as required.
Agree not to disclose assigned user ID code and password for accessing resident/facility information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator.
Charting and Documentation
Complete and file required recordkeeping forms/charts upon the resident's admission, transfer, and/or discharge.
Encourage attending physicians to review treatment plans, record and sign their orders, progress notes, etc., in accordance with established policies.
Receive telephone orders from physicians and record on the Physicians' Order Form.
Transcribe physician's orders to resident charts, cardex, medication cards, treatment/care plans, as required.
Chart nurses' notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided to the resident, as well as the resident's response to the care.
Fill out and complete accident/incident reports.
Record new/changed diet orders and forward information to the Food Services Department.
Sign and date all entries made in the resident's medical record.
Drug Administration Functions
Prepare and administer medications as ordered by the physician.
Verify the identity of the resident before administering the medication/treatment.
Ensure that prescribed medication for one resident is not administered to another.
Ensure that an adequate supply of floor stock medications, supplies, and equipment is on hand to meet the nursing needs of the residents.
Order prescribed medications, supplies, and equipment as necessary, and in accordance with established policies.
Ensure that narcotic records are accurate for your shift.
Notify the Nurse Supervisor of all drug and narcotic discrepancies noted on your shift.
Dispose of drugs and narcotics as required, and in accordance with established procedures.
Personnel Functions
Participate in employee performance evaluations, determining your shift's staffing requirements, and making recommendations to the Nurse Supervisor concerning employee dismissals, transfers, etc.
Develop work assignments and/or assist in completing and performing such assignments.
Provide leadership to nursing personnel assigned to your unit/shift.
Make daily rounds of your unit/shift to ensure that nursing service personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards.
Ensure that all nursing assistants are enrolled in or have graduated from an approved nursing assistant training program.
Ensure that department personnel, residents, and visitors follow the department's established policies and procedures at all times.
Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter departmental personnel, as well as other departments within the facility to ensure that nursing services and activities can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.
Nursing Care Functions
Inform nursing personnel of new admissions, their expected time of arrival, room assignment, etc.
Ensure that rooms are ready for new admissions.
Greet newly admitted residents upon admission.
Escort them to their rooms as necessary.
Participate in the orientation of new residents/family members to the facility.
Consult with the resident's physician in providing the resident's care, treatment, rehabilitation, etc., as necessary.
Implement and maintain established nursing objectives and standards.
Carry out restorative and rehabilitative programs, to include self‑help and care.
Administer professional services such as catheterization, tube feedings, suction, applying and changing dressings/bandages, packs, colostomy, and drainage bags, taking blood, giving massages and range of motion exercises, care for the dead/dying, etc., as required.
Use restraints when necessary and in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Obtain sputum, urine and other specimens for lab tests as ordered.
Take and record TPRs, blood pressures, etc., as necessary.
Monitor seriously ill residents as necessary.
Staff Development
Participate in developing, planning, conducting, and scheduling in‑service training classes that provide instructions on "how to do the job."
Implement and maintain an effective orientation program that orients the new employee to your shift, its policies and procedures, and to his/her job position and duties.
Assist in planning clinical supervision for nurse aide trainees.
Attend and participate in outside training programs.
Attend and participate in annual facility in-service training programs as scheduled (e.g., OSHA, TB, HIPAA, Abuse Prevention, Safety, Infection Control, etc.).
Attend and participate in continuing education programs designed to keep you abreast of changes in your profession, as well as to maintain your license on a current status.
Safety and Sanitation
Monitor your assigned personnel to ensure that they are following established safety regulations in the use of equipment and supplies.
Ensure that established departmental policies and procedures, including dress codes, are followed by your assigned nursing personnel.
Assist the Director and/or Infection Control Coordinator in identifying, evaluating, and classifying routine and job‑related functions to ensure that tasks in which there is potential exposure to blood/body fluids are properly identified and recorded.
Ensure an adequate supply of personal protective equipment is on hand and readily available to personnel who perform procedures that involve exposure to blood or body fluids.
Maintain your unit’s resident care rooms, treatment areas, etc., in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.
Equipment and Supply Functions
Recommend to the Nurse Supervisor the equipment and supply needs of your unit/shift.
Participate in the development and implementation of the procedures for the safe operation of all nursing service equipment.
Ensure that only trained and authorized personnel operate your unit/shift’s equipment.
Monitor nursing procedures to ensure that nursing service supplies are used in an efficient manner to avoid waste.
Ensure that appropriate MSDSs are on file for hazardous chemicals used in the nursing service department.
Care Plan and Assessment Functions
Review care plans daily to ensure that appropriate care is being rendered.
Ensure that your nurses' notes reflect that the care plan is being followed when administering nursing care or treatment.
Assist the Resident Assessment/Care Plan Coordinator in planning, scheduling, and revising the MDS, including the implementation of RAPs and Triggers.
Budget and Planning Functions
Report suspected or known incidence of fraud relative to false billings, cost reports, kickbacks, etc.
Miscellaneous
Provide data to the Quality Assurance & Assessment Committee as requested.
Supervisory Requirements
As LPN / LVN you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties.
Qualifications
Must possess, as a minimum, a Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university, or be a graduate of an approved LPN/LVN program.
Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as an LPN/LVN in this state.
Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
Must possess leadership and supervisory ability.
Must have CPR certification and maintain all required continuing education/licensing.
Must remain in good standing with the State Board of Nursing at all times.
Physical Demands
Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 feet.
May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.
Work Environment
Work in office area(s) as well as throughout the nursing service area (i.e., drug rooms, nurses' stations, resident rooms, etc.).
Subject to frequent interruptions, hostile and emotionally upset residents, family members, personnel, and visitors.
Subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, including TB and the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses.
Maintain liaison with residents, their families, support departments, etc., to adequately plan for residents' needs.
Additional Information Note: Nothing in this job specification restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees in this position.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Human Resources Services
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